Cleveland to break ground on Croatian Cultural Garden

View full sizeCity of ClevelandA preliminary design concept for the Croatian Cultural Garden.

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Nearly 200 years after Croatians helped the British in their fight against the French during the Napoleonic Wars, Great Britain is returning the favor, albeit on a much smaller scale.

Cleveland City Council's City Planning Committee on Wednesday approved an agreement to transfer a portion of the British Garden along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for construction of a new Croatian Garden.

The parcel is one of the original plots in the Cultural Garden, which honors more than two dozen countries.

The Shakespeare Theater was one of the original parcels the City set aside for the Poets Garden complex which also included the German and Hebrew Gardens. Subsequently Poets Garden became the Cultural Gardens entity. The Theater was designed as a large ampitheater with seating for more than 1,000, dressing rooms, restrooms and stage. It never went beyond the design stage. And with other amphitheaters in the Gardens now, is fittingly being re-purposed for a new Croatian Cultural Garden.

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